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tlntie,snneving the fortifications w.i.c.l ; were raising •vn ~the Island of In-der-Lobau. Why he sh , mld haVe gone to the left Bank to survey the forilfications on the, island, 'we cannot 'Conceive; but we' tonfesi 'We were astonished to find that BUONAPARTt, Who bad, according 'to his o .v . n account, beaten the Au strians so completely, on the 2. t st and 22d, that they Would . Mit stand before the French troops, should • publicly acknowledge to the world that he had found it necesia4 'after his viaory to fortify this Island, .to prote6t.himself from the attacks of his defeated enemy. The greater part of this Bulletin is occupied With praiies of the Army of Italy, and of the 1:leoPle of that Country, who, we are told, are so attached to the French, that when the Aus trians were advancing, " Every body refused the places offered therm : no one, was willing to serve Austria, and among seven millions of men who compose the popUlation of the kingdom, the enemy could not find more than three.wretches who did not repel the seduelion." This is the language of the man who has just issued'a Proclamation to the peo ple of Hungary, calling upon, them to violate their allegiance to their Sovereign, and to assist the enemy of their country. There is, huwever, one ex- pression in the Bulletin which convinces us that the brave Hungarians have disappointed Blithi A Patitit'it expectation, if he really hoped to:make any impression upon them by his Proclamation. It jays..." there is some ferment in Hungary, where men's minds are divided, the greater part not seeming favourable to Austria." This ferment, we are tiati ,, tieu, means the levy. of the ;nhabitants, en masse, iii support of their Sovereign and of their in. dependence. The moat important part of the 14th Bulletin, is an account a:660 troopi of the line, and 2000 mill • tia being taken prisoners ly a French captain and one Orderly Dragoon. General LASNES is dead of wounds. W e are precluded by want of room from corn mewing at length upon these Bulletins, and upon the other intelligence contained in these Papers.-- To•morrow w will resume our,obiervations. This inoroit.g the GQiulemen. who intended to bkl tor the ensuing Lottery waited upon the CITAN-• cactoa date ExcitEauett,when Messrs. RtenAßD' , lON and Co. being the higlie r st Bidders, they were declared the Purchasers. I'he price given for the Lottery is 161. Bs. 10d. per Ticker. The subjeet of Parliamentary Reform was again introduced last night in the House of Commons by Sir FRANCIS Bunn Ert, and the Baronet affected an extraordinary degree of moderation in his tone and language; ; bitt if there was more than ordinary tem per in his manner', the tendency of his speech was not of a more. harmless nature than what be has ge-,. herally uttered on this and other political topics., The outline of • the plan proposed by the Baronet Came very near to the plan of universal suffrage, which has always been a favourite scheme with wild . and visionary politicians, which would create more turbulence and confusion than have eve!' charac- terized elections forieats in Parhauteur, ann which would tend to increase an hundred fold that corrup tion which it is the professed object of these politi 7 clans to annihilate. The Baronet's allusions to Ire- . laud were calculated to excite discontents and heart , hurnings in that Country. professed to be anxi cue to restore the King to that dignity which he ought to possess in the scale of the Constitution ; bat his mode of introducing the Royal Character Vas marked by a levity an d indecorum which Could only gratify low mir,rds. We - trust that tech a triode of referring to the Royal Charac ter will always be digusting to the People of this Country. The Baronet seemed anxious / to clear Lialself from those motives which had 'been im- Vuted to him on his public condua, but the best ''ay of dohig so would be to renounce those con, lle ,c -tions which have long warped his judgment, scud ;1111 qtnecl his passions, and which would finally lead to his ovondestrudion, if the dodriues : which they , ieco ,;;;; 11 ....ef1t, were unfortunately to become preva lent in this Country. MAnnocK s followed ou the same Side, .and a.t , re tncqed to make sortie explanation respecting time charge he brought against Lord CASTLERKAGkI, bee toond himself compelled to retract a great part of, that char ge , and admit that the Noble La id had not "squired MI% D IC K to vacate his seat., Mr. MAn 35:0CAt, we conceive, would have aded-moie wisely - If he h a d not suffered so long an interval to pOs be fore he Made this recantation. We then'ea tiOn on Tuesday last, the arrival of ,the Prince of ORANGF. in this country. This Prince it lie eniss is not . 1 the sou,'but, the grand-son, of the late 6TAnTrroLuisa, It is said, but we knew not on 4t antllckriiy that he is destined to • receive the 4tand of a Piincesi, who, in due time is likely to oc cupy the throne t the British Empire, and that - his viiit to this country rebates to that object. 431 1 r bas, it is added, particularly interested himself in the /Hip of thiS Prince, and had entered him 'Oka • stn:lent at Oxford, where he is.to complete his edy.r 'cat'ini I)9t the giacious disposition of his NlAissyr * stacie , itlyaceount tor whatever kindness he tna lime 5110 Nil on :he occasion; without any .‘.11:11 View L a 4 Lind 1.34:f0re SialittL NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTI4, JUNE 14:.--53 . 116.1 for Portsmouth, his Majesty's ship Imperivise. Arrived from Torbay, and sailed intnediately, his Majesty's ship Hero, of 74 guns, Captain NEWMA N Gibrultar,'ol .80 guns, Captain B ULL ; and the 11- lustridus, o; 74 guns, Captain BROUGHTOg. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 1 s.—Arrived the William; No. 84. NEWCOM n ER, from Messina Oridian, ----, from Malta ; Poficy, -, from Gibraltar; and the /ludas, -, from the Downs, for Ma deira. ' Sailed his Majesty's ships Ocean, Rosamond, S . par rowhawk, and Tyrian. The Fanny, PROUTING, which got on shore in Stoksbay, in . the gale on the 2d inst. is since got otf without sustaining, any damage in her bottom; and is again ready for sea. WOBURN SHEEP SHEARING. THIRD DAY.. , -.-WEDNESDAY 14. The inspe&ion of the Prize Sheep dead was the first business this morning. The Duke of Bedford and the Company then adjourned to the Park-farm, and emplOyed the morning in viewing and examin ing the implements, tups exhibited for the prizes, the boars, and the sheep-shearers, each of whom had a sheep allotted to hire, to shear for the prize. Parties rode to the Duke's several highly cultivated farms in hand, and the fine water meadows on Priestly and Ala!dun farms, which were universally admired. The hospitable tables at the Abbey .re- eeived a still larger number of guests than on the pre , ceding days : atte ,. which, the ,usual toasts having gone round, the Duke bgati to award the Prizes, conformably to the decision of the judges. To Mr. Bithony, for the best two .shear long woolled fat wether, a silver cup, value To Mr. Cowley, tor the best two shear long woolled fat wether, bred in Bedfordshire. a cup, Value five guineas. The first premium, lor two shear short woolled tat .wethers (a ten guinea -cup), his Grace presented to Mr. kunciman ; and to Mr. Trevor, tor the best bred its liedlomishire, a cup, value five guineas. Mr. Platt obtained the premium allured for the best pen of three lung woolled theism', a ten guinea cup ; and Mr. Kenyon a five guinea cup, for the best bred In Bedfordshire. For the best pen of three short woolled theaves, toed in Bertrordshira, Mr. Trevor received a cup value ten guineas; and Mr. 4unciman, a five guinea cup tor the second bear pen. Mr. Bliss having pi tl.lueert the beat boar, not exceeding two. years old, received a live guinea tup. John Rolland obtained the first ,prize oj-five guineas, for shearing sheep in Thu best manner; Joseph Collins the ie.. coed prize of tour guineas ; lob Arnold. the third prize of three guineas; Thomas t.iitnel , the fourth premium of two guineas; and one guinea to lutireTwannell, the fifth prize. The sixth pietniunt offi:red by his Grace was for the best and most useful newly invented . impleinent of agriculture, so guineas ; this Mr.' C. Norton obnniirtt for his method of constructing roofs of buildings o f ca st i ron i n li eu at timber. His Grace also noticed . the 11)11c:hying implements as having considerable merit :- A cheap but eireetile chaff cutter, by Mr. firaby; a ma. chine for grinding or bruising vari o us substances, by 'Mr. has. Rawlins; a chaff cutter, tit Mr. Snowden, a churn, by Mr. Rowntree; a clover thrashing nitchine, by Mr. Winwright; an augur, by an American Gentleman ; a model of a wind nnll for draining ten lands, by Mr. Beeton ; .and a ties trap, which detains and securesan offender without any injury, la vented by Mr. Salmon, Woburn. . • The judges of the premium f.r ploughing half an acre of land, in the best manner, awarded the silver cup to his Grace hiinseit ; and to the ploughing, two guineas. Tire judges report also spoke in high terins of the constrodion of a plough belonging to 1 I.'CUrwam, F.sq. and of the .vork al per:UM/0i alsti a plough belonging to H. li. Hoare, Esq' and another of Mr. Potts. • Messrs, Batellelors obtained 3o guineas, for the best 4(:* count of trials between the drill and broad cart husnatictry. The eight premiums were for the encotirageinent of guid and caretul shepherds.; To John Holland, the Duke of Bedford's shepherd, for having reined toy lambs, from 6iB ewes, five guineas. To john Clark, shepherd to Samuel Whitbread; Esq. 'from -224 CWCS, 289 IJlnh3 , tour guineas. To lohn satnuel, shepherd to Mr. Runcimaii, from 25 t ewes, 282 lambs, three guineas. To Mr. john Nottingliain, Lord Ougley's shepherd, reared sso lambs from 506 ewe.., two guineas. To Mr. Platt's shepherd, john Holland one guinea, has log reared 425 lambs trout 424 ewes. The last premium, tbr irrigation, his Grace regretted WaS nut claimed. After the Prizes, were delivered, his Grace, in descanting on the improving slate of the Agriculture of the island, adverted to the observations of Sir John Sinclair, on the clean and profitable system of farm ing pursued by Mr. Greg g in Hertf o rd s hi re , of which he had the gratification of adding his own tes timony ; and he had the further satistaation of stat ing from that Gentleman, that he would gladly re ceive any three practical 'farmrs deputed from the County of Bedford, and efsplain to them minutely the course of husbandry he had so long pursued with" success. The letting of Tups, and sale of Sheep, and Devon and Heretord Cattle, closed the interest ing proceedings . of WobUrn Sheep Shearing for the yrar 18,09. Another Grand Expedition is preparing—every regitnent.is ordered to make an immediate return of its effective fOrce. The point to which (his 'eflurtis to be directed, i, kept, as it ought to be, profoundly secret. TV/dye thousand more Merino Sheep are ready to be 'shipped in Spain for this country. Eight thou sand ()fillets) are a present to the King, and 'four thousand are the private property of Mr. Cochrane Johnston, who is waiting with great anxiety at Ca dii for vessels, in order to ship them fur England: American Papers to the earth ult. arrived yester day. The following are their principal contents " New Yoax, MAY 19.--Captain GILL, of the Ship Clara, arrived yesterday in this port Irons New - Orleans ; he states, that on Tuesday last he spoke the' Schooner Mohawk, from Norfolk for Rhode Island, the Captain of which informed him, that French vessel had arrived at Norfolk from Fiance, its a short passage, with the inteltigence that: the Emperor had rescinded all his .obnoxious decrees against neutrals. This is news indeed, if true." The Subscription Masquerade at the Argyle Rooms, on Wednesday night, was attended by tour hundred persons, CORN EXCEIANR, JUNB 15. The supplies of Wheat this day are again inconsiderable, the'samples chiefly second and ordinary,. eXpetting arrivals of Wheat and Flour from Atncrica at this Port, cause's very few purch.tses to be made at--the pre sent prices'; Barley heavy sale at the late reduelion ; White Pease full as dear 13,ans of the two kinds , 'at this week's advance ; O its arc in middling supply. and itt this traitti but little isriativo Viukir at last' price a: PARLIAMENT. HOtIS4 OF 'l l ' Et RS. THUItSD Y ., JUNE la. I COMMISSION. . The Royal ( Assent was notified, by Commission, to about thirty public and private Bills. Among the former were, the Irish Glebe.houses Bill, the English and Irish Spirits Bill, &c. Sze; The Commissioners were,. the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Mona rose, and Lord Walsingham. ItOXBURGH PEERAGE. The LORD CHACtiLLOII, in a speech of consi derable length, entered into it comparison,of a va riety of cases which had analogy to ihe claims now tinder consideration i ( but interrupted his speech, in order to proceid . to the public business of the day, if, that, however, did not occupy much time, hes,liould resume his obseivations after the public business, should have, been disposed of. • The Judges' Salaries Bill was brought up from the Commons, and read a first time. SALE OF SEATS l 4 PARLIAMENT. LOrd.Ltvaaeook moved the Order of the bay foi the .House to resolve itself into a Committee upon the .Bill for preventing the Sale of Seats in Parliamen4 He should not detain their Lordships with any detailed argument upon the subje& of the but should content himself with a tew obwr vaiiens, which he conceived the nature of the tnea sureand the temper of the times would reqeire. In recommending the Bill to the attention and appru bation of.their Lordships, he must beg leave to ob setre, that he did not consider it in any respell as conneded with aquestion so often and sty , l oudly discussed, be meant that of Parliainentary.lieform. His sentiments. upon that question, he believed, were not unknown. During the course of his Par liamentary life he had often occasion forcibly to ex press them ; and they . were unitbrmly directed against all those theoretic attempts to amend the representation of the people in Parliament, attempts which, he was fully convinced could never be betie fici,elly 'Meted to praatice: The present Bill had no such aim, otherwise it should not have his sup port. Its great objet was to correct certain abuses„ or corrupt practices, which had, by length of time, insensibly crept into the manner of returning Mein bera to sit in Parliament for certain places, anti who obtained their seats by dim of money. This prac tice had, hoWever, long prevailed; nor would it be an easy matter to ,trace it back to tip origin. Of late years, indeed,' it had been carried 'on with less con-. cealinent and management, and bad 'begun to ob trude itself with little or no reserve upint the obsers vation of the public. It was not, however, till the present period that it was openly acknowledged and ' distinaly avowed even in Parliament. Bin having now been so acknowledged and ?to . avowed, It was impossible pi pass it over unnoticed, 'or, without some endeavour to correct such practices, and re dress such abuses. -This the present Bill bad in view. But while it was directed to the correction of these abuses, it would not encroach upon any of the rights of election. Their Lordships unques tionably were by no means prepared to see all elec tions reduced to the standard of 'a Middlesex or Westminster eleaion. It could escape no man with what crying abuses such elections were accotnpa nied. What tem, tati3Ons they held out to perjury, and to subornation of perjury I What enormities of every sort they must naturally give rise to !: Yet it was by no !ileitis his wish to impede the usual march of such elections. Neither would he per mit any infriogemeet oT.' the elet ive. franchises of , those boroughs where the - number of electors were very small. The nature of our representative sys tens was essentially a mixed one ; and it was from this variety in the mode of - election that resulted that mixture. • Without such a mixture, We should not see in the House of Commons such a happy com bination of the different talents, and degrees, and sorts of information so necessary for completely car rying on the complicated business of so vast and va rious a body as that of the'BritiSh empire. Neither was .it the intention of the: Bill to suppress the ope ration of that influence," which arising troM pro perty, rank, consideration, and amity cennediue,. must and ought to have its full weight in the, state of the representation—its drift Was to prevent sor did traffickiug in seats; not to frustrate i t be erred of Influence, when .properly, honourably, and con stitutionally exercised. In this point of view he hoped their Lordships would consider the Bill, rind when so con6derecl, he doubted not bet it woUld, meet :with their full approbation. He should not now trespass longer on their attention;.deferring what lie Might have' 10 observe on the particular clauses of the Bill until it went into a Committee. Earl GILOOVIMOR could not subicribe to 'all the sentiments of the Noble Earl who preceded him. The Bill, in his mind, could not at ';di be. attended with the beneficial effeds.which the Noble Secretary seemed disposed to ascribe to it. On the contrary, he was of opinion it would be productive of no good, and tnielit be attended with much mischief. It had .indeed a very imposing title—a very spacious preamble; but in this respect, it appeared to resem ble these modern romances, in the binding of which there was an ostentations display cf morocco and Old ; but the contents of which too otten proved destruc tive of virtue and morality. It would weigh hea vily on the lighter offences; but touched very 'ten del ly on the heavier ones:, Above all, he must ob jet to the clause where the weird' " express' had been so fatally introduced. This and other altera lions in the framing ()Ellie Bill made it wholly diffe rent front that, which teas originally introduced. - But the attempt at such a transformation of the mea. sure would not' go down with the Public. Mini sters in so altering the , Bill, may. have out witted the HonoUrable and Independent Gentlemen who brought in the Bill; but they could nut succeed in , out witting the nation. 'The avowetfand glaring ex istence of these, abuses had made a deep and wide impression upon the people, and it was stow neces sary to adopt some etledual measure to correct them. Inked, he anxiously hoped the day had arrived when some successful endeavour would be made at the attainment of a temperate- reform.; 'such a re- form as that great Statesman (Mr. Pitt).. had pro jected, and which it was lira wish to,see carried into execution. Beyond that lie was not prepared to go. Lord. Sipstou*Tti approved of the principle of the see it go into a Committee. '1 he Pritt he could not however befit regard as defee life,' and ht: ttirleti that 10 t ie CUlDoiittlCe it reCere soch,atiu , ntina' entg 'is writ - Id render it . g:e0: - :. t.l e ili t :) o ' i r ) r) ii.'' t ." ( ' ) ..b o k r ' o l p '-' o l s l e 'L. :;o r yffl ' i l it l i ' g ii's t ' iri r it ,) -. 11 1. 8 t; '- t ' ild i4 , e nd .! , ) ,-,:. 4 r its passing into a• law. For much, yery much . in, • deed, would be Obtained by haying a Bill with L at.l.d . l a title and such a preamble recut ded in thii-Jourital.s of Parliattient. lb would ati - Ord a grbhod upon t.v,hi,:ii to stand on a future -day for further improvetneriC. for the Bill had in - it all the elements of expapi..lo and tali:lice - 36°n, and if it were to be Jost in the present instance, it might, be very , l o ng. bef ore ,a4v ocbasion again occurred for the" adoption'of, SLICII a measure. Deleaive, therefore, and ineffectiial ..s it undoubtedly wffS ih many respeels, Ite,felt exceert ; ingly anxious that it shohld be entertained 4 their Lordships. ~ . , ... Lord CAnysvoirr conk! not give hi:,ar. , ;ent 'to ,tlid Bill. It could beattridea with no good, and migh . c be prodkiive of much mischief. It wascurtaiiionlr . of increasing the influence of the Crown.apd the, iiatioriage of Allinisters. Besides its title Al pre amble was ealculated. to raise a delusive hOpe vitheii its prOViCiOni.would never - realize: It was.cakhlaied only.to praelice.a gross nnpostorc.cn the public, ! . Lord Boitainhnon supported the Bill, ittittcer tended, that so far from being invperativ . e, its pro- Visions must produce the most salutary effects. NO ble Lords had only fairly to ,exainint: them ; and . , they must be convinced that not, only they • could not be prddlidive of tnisthiel;.latit that they tOmt be atteuded with the most beneficial consequeneas. A Noble and Learhed Ltird (Erskine) had well oil : serited with regard to another Bhl, the ititrodui:.tion of which reelected so much honour on that Learned . _ 'Lord's humanity, .viz. that, the Mere existence 0 . the prevnble of his' Bill in thb Statute Book must impress sentiments of the most salutary tendency. lit might say t4c,satne of the present ; for sure he waj that if it passed initi a be' tt would go• a great lengtlt in correCting and suppressing ihe corrupt pra;:t ,, -cs and abuses which Were °tisk acknowledg,A to prevail. in the returning of Members to serve in Parlianieut. Lord Rossi. - rbl argued at some length atr:ailm the Bill, and re, robated the inequality with which it . wool i Operate on die daft:tent classes of the cotn-'.„ munity. Lord SiLKIRK objeoed to the Bill as recognizing: an errOneals% principle, which at some future periu.i Might he catried to a dangerous eXtent. The Earl of BUCtiltl4llAMstiliii, although he ,knowledged that the'Bill tell - t ery far short of ttit expetlations which he to‘ it, yet as it laid down a great principle vWdcli it wa4 the duty Of Parliament, to cherish; he ttecLired his intention of wiling tor its going into a Committee. Lord'iVidLoa A . ,VE argtied at considerable leti,oll in support of the Bill. The.Marquii. of DoUGLIS declared,:. that in tiit; opinion it was a measure Wholly deltisive. The House'dien tesolved:uself into a Committee on the Bill. . . Earl GhosveNort proposed the omission of :he word " expreii," 'stating, ,at ,A . e. same time, .that he did not mean to recommend the substitution of the word " itnplied." 'The Loan Cuariczt,t.ort opposei thli amend. ment. If the offence, asain,i • which the hilt was directed were at present an oilence apinst the como , mon lituv, the introduction of the Word " otpre4s ; " would tend to render the punisll,ent more Se ‘ere; if it were riot an offence ape t, tie coin on Iris. it would tend to inflict a pimisinnem precisely on that part of the gehertil oficnce which it was:le,i,t desirable to punish. Adverting to. the question cat Retbrin; he declared that had ever been hostile to tit. On this subjett he:had always differed Ircitu late Right Eon. Friend, hlr. , Pitt. ~ He , believed however, that towards the close of his life Mr. Pot himself thought well of those who had resolutel,v opposed eveiy attempt at, or proeeeding, tht4.oons!:- quences of which might so seriously endangerevery valuable institutions in the eatintry. The Committee divided on tho amendment pro posed by Lord Grosvenor. for the Aniciiciiiicift ,Against it • 9 hi ajority 23 ' - 14 l'he. other clauses of. the Bill were theta gone through; the. House was resMned, and the lidt, was ordered to be read a third time to-morro,i,. The remaiuing orders of the day having' beeit d:3; posed, of,' the lio adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. • • THUEStIiY, JUNE 15. • At three o'cldck, the Deputy Usher of the Rod summoned the Speaker to the House of Peers; to hear his Majesty's Assent given by Cocnniissied to several public and private Bills. Mr. , PAR N14..1. gave notice that he would the frst ; day the HouSe sat, movetertain resolutions respect» Mg the tubes in Ireland. A Nlesitage from the Lords announced their Lni:!.. Assent to the for preventing Atitis4..s ita in the Sale of Offices. The ittsli lieventie hegoia tion Coffee , the African Coee Duty, the Frteudly 5.14.. it: ties Bills, &c. Mr: OW EN, from the East India House, ed a return of the number of Writers and C , itie4 , appointee since the Year ; 1793. Ordered to 1) . ; printed. • Mr. Hosx.issoN brought up accounts' of the pti.: 7 - chases Made in the three per cents., by the C0111111i3.. siotiers for the Reciutlion of the National Doi,' alio those' of the, amount of the four and' eeut. Duties, which, after a short conversation by tvveeo- Mr. Creevey.,l . r. Huskisson, :Lord' Fell‘.. StOpe, and the nt.lhaticellor of the Es.coetitrer, ordered to lie .oit the. table. :I.'lte,Cll,4l4C„a4Loll Of the EXallEQuea gave notice be intended to propose that the period 'tor britting', in private Petitions in the neat Session Should' be, It tinted to fourteen days.. He. Aso intended submit., tang to tiled, in conssquetice of Soiri;.! of their' latt; resolutions, the: propriety of ordering thst'ail'privai C. Bills should pa 's through the' bands ot. one or doi 'Clerks of the !!:Rinse beforre they came betove who should then be responsible for their Actirliz:, He then moved that a Petition' should be itiese n t e ,‘. to . his ,IVlajtaity, riving that lie would be graciolist‘i pleased to confer some dignity iii the ChUreli 0 1 6' the Bev. Charles Proby, Ctlapl iu of thin Elva;; .° USUAL. GRANT. Cii4Ncnt.i.oa ut the Exchutiosi moved cci dresses to his Majesy, prayiitg that woti:o tau graCidully pleagud to give directions tor istiinctt, t; tullos.Ving sums : To Mr. - Wharton, Citaibliao of the; Conlinittees of iliM tLuic ,;: .i~..,